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Windows 7: Minor 7 issues

Apologies if these have been covered, but I'm unable to find solutions as of yet.

1) Default directories - some applications keep your most recent folder as the default, many do not. Example of the latter: Yahoo Mail (for attachments) when using IE8 always goes to Desktop, no matter where you have selected the previous file. Is there a solution to this?

2) In Windows Explorer, when the view is set to "Details", you can select an image and you will get a small thumbnail in the lower left. Is there a way to make that larger?

3) What's the best way of getting a "classic" look, particularly in folders and in the taskbar? I often can't tell which if the tasks is in the foreground because the difference in tint from it to the tasks in the background is so slight.

Apologies if these have been covered, but I'm unable to find solutions as of yet.

1) Default directories - some applications keep your most recent folder as the default, many do not. Example of the latter: Yahoo Mail (for attachments) when using IE8 always goes to Desktop, no matter where you have selected the previous file. Is there a solution to this?I do not know. Don't use yahoo but the browser forum can probably help you.

2) In Windows Explorer, when the view is set to "Details", you can select an image and you will get a small thumbnail in the lower left. Is there a way to make that larger?NO.

3) What's the best way of getting a "classic" look, particularly in folders and in the taskbar? I often can't tell which if the tasks is in the foreground because the difference in tint from it to the tasks in the background is so slight.

Select another theme. Right-click on empty spot on desktop | choose Personalize | click on an interesting Theme
Notice that you can also choose the Window Color of the theme.

2) In Windows Explorer, when the view is set to "Details", you can select an image and you will get a small thumbnail in the lower left. Is there a way to make that larger?

BS

Yes you can. I have mine in "aero" mode, so that might make a difference. But if you put your cursor over the dividing point at the 2 screens, the cursor turns into an arrow, drag it up and the picture does get bigger.

2) In Windows Explorer, when the view is set to "Details", you can select an image and you will get a small thumbnail in the lower left. Is there a way to make that larger?

B

Yes you can. I have mine in "aero" mode, so that might make a difference. But if you put your cursor over the dividing point at the 2 screens, the cursor turns into an arrow, drag it up and the picture does get bigger.

Perfect - so simple it makes me feel like a complete oaf, I had never thought about trying that. But the point is that it's fixed and I can now identify my photos at a glance -

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